Lots of Snow and Freezing Rain Coming!

[dale]

It's fun. I'm macho about weather - like, "give it your best shot, winter, let's see what you can do..." but I have to say that this one is pretty wild.

If it's really headed east, well, enjoy it, folks.

Hi, Brian, back atcha.

[Bobbie Ireland]

As you can see from the cameras, the storm is a non-event in Rochester.

I hear you about the excuses, Ei. All schools are closed here even though all roads are open. So unless the vast majority of students in a district walk to school, there is no reason the schools should be closed. Little Suzie and little Johnny are perfectly capable of walking to the end of the driveway and hopping on the bus.

No such thing as buses when we were school-goers... AND we didn't have shoes... at least that's what we tell The Kids...

Shoes? we didn't even have feet.

Reminds me of a Monty Phython skit... anyone know it? Maybe I wll be able to find it when my shiny new Big Mac arrives...

[Shaky]

Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring!

He didn't see his shadow.

[dale]

Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring!

He didn't see his shadow.

OMG is it groundhog day? Is it going to be like THIS all year?????
hahahahahaha

[Tokira]

Well, here in Ulster County, NY there seems to be bands of snowmaggedon and icepocalypse...a lot of staff have called out due to the weather.  Funny thing is the staff who made it in have all said the roads aren't that bad-myself included (although I did stay over nearby last night).  So I'm waiting to see the news reports where these pockets of 3 feet of snow and 6 inches of ice happened, cause no one I've spoken to this morning has seen it.  Amazing how when we offer to come pick them up it's suddenly some other excuse.  It's health care, people.  You knew you needed to plan for bad weather when you got into the business. 

Can you tell I'm a little crabby this morning? 

Ei

Sounds like a few weeks ago here in the Shenandoah Valley area.   The manager of the Home Depot where I work (my "retirement" position...) called me on a day off to see if I could come in because he'd had several callouts due to the snow.  Maybe three inches.  I had plans so couldn't do it, but I asked him what kind of wusses we had there anyway.  Turns out that a couple of stupid motorists had done stupid things on a couple of the (many) hills out there, and the roads were blocked for hours.  Those people really *couldn't* get out.

Carol
Eastern Panhandle WV, 45° and gray

[Dumpsterkitty]

Well, here in Ulster County, NY there seems to be bands of snowmaggedon and icepocalypse...a lot of staff have called out due to the weather.  Funny thing is the staff who made it in have all said the roads aren't that bad-myself included (although I did stay over nearby last night).  So I'm waiting to see the news reports where these pockets of 3 feet of snow and 6 inches of ice happened, cause no one I've spoken to this morning has seen it.  Amazing how when we offer to come pick them up it's suddenly some other excuse.  It's health care, people.  You knew you needed to plan for bad weather when you got into the business. 

Can you tell I'm a little crabby this morning? 

Ei

Sounds like a few weeks ago here in the Shenandoah Valley area.   The manager of the Home Depot where I work (my "retirement" position...) called me on a day off to see if I could come in because he'd had several callouts due to the snow.  Maybe three inches.  I had plans so couldn't do it, but I asked him what kind of wusses we had there anyway.  Turns out that a couple of stupid motorists had done stupid things on a couple of the (many) hills out there, and the roads were blocked for hours.  Those people really *couldn't* get out.

Carol
Eastern Panhandle WV, 45° and gray

The people with the long commutes are mostly all here.  They took their time.  People never cease to amaze me.

Ei